Merchandise-package



G.v C. MACDONALD. MERCHANDISE PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY1,I920.

Patented July 19, 1921,

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n STATES GEORGE C. MACDONALD, OF ELMHUIRST, NEW YORK.

MEROHANDISE-EAOKAGE.

Specification of Letters'Patent. Pgmtgnted J l 19 1921 Application fiIed May 1, 1920. Serial No. 378,120.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnoncn C. MAoDoNALo, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmhurst, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Merchandise-Packages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a package in cluding a shipping container, and merchandisc, such as fancy biscuits, crackers, etc, packed therein.

The object of the invention is to provide a package in which the merchandise is segregated in charges of uniform size and weight, each charge being removable as a whole from the container, and delivered to a customer, without separate handling of the articles or members of the charge, and without the necessity of wrapping the merchandise after its removal from the container, the charges being displayed in the container when the latter is opened.

The invention is embodied in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package embodying the invention, the top or cover of the container being removed.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, shown partially in section.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on a larger scale, of one of the cartons.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing a modification.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view, showing one of the cartons removed from the container, and closed for transportation.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

In the drawings, 12 represents a shipping container of rectangular form, and made of any suitable material such as sheet metal, paperboard, wood, etc, the container when used for shipping being provided with a cover, (not shown) closing its open end. In the container are packed a plurality of segregated charges 13 of merchandise such as fancy biscuits. Each charge is packed in a carton 14, preferably of paper, of the thick ness and quality employed for holding fancy biscuits, and provided with suitable means for preventin the passage of grease through the walls of t e carton. The cartons are of rectangular form, and proportioned to be packed in tiers in the container 12. Each carton may be made from a single blank, and folded into carton shape,which maybe secured by the interlocking of members forming the ends of the carton, as usual. The carton is provided with a hinged cover, preferably a flap 15, of sufiicient width to extend entirely across the mouth of the carton, as shown by Fig. 5, said cover being preferably an integral part of the blank from which the carton is made, and joined to one of the carton sides by a neck or fold 16, constituting a hinged connection between the cover and the carton. If desired, however, the cover may be made of two sections 15, as shown by Fig. 4, each section being half the width of the carton, so that the sections may be made as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 4, to close the mouth of the carton.

In packing the cartons in the container, I arrange them in tiers, and turn the carton covers back against the carton sides, as shown by Fig. 2, to display the charges 13, and form cushion members preventing loose lateral movement of the carton, and protecting the merchandise against breakage resulting from rough handling when the package is being shipped. It will be seen by reference to Fig. 2, that each carton cover is interposed between the carton of which it forms a part and the next carton, or in the case of the right hand carton, between the carton body and one side of the container.

The cartons are independently removable, for the removal from the container of the charge contained in each carton. When a carton is removed, its cover will be secured to confine the merchandise by applying a rubber band 18, as indicated by Fig. 5, or otherwise fastening the cover in its closed position, the carton and its contents being adapted to be conveniently carried away by the customer, and the charge being securely confined, without being handled, to remove it from the container, and without the use of wrapping paper.

The container should be closed by a cover, before shipment. The cover is removed when the merchandise is placed on sale, and

may be replaced by a readily removable dust-excluding glass cover.

The tiers of cartons may be separated from each other by removable partitions 20, one of which is shown by Fig. 2.

My invention enables biscuits, and other merchandise, tobe displayed in open car- 7 tons, Which are inclosed in a container, and

are adapted to be closed when removed from the container and carried aWayby the purchaser, Without the necessity of Wrapping,

Biscuits and other frangible articles,

V the'product is so displayed that the consumer may see the contents of each carton before purchasing a I claim:

"Amerchandise package comprising a shipping container, a plurality of cartons con-V V signature.

taining segregated charges of merchandise and arranged in tiers in the container, and hinged: covers associated with the cartons and turned back against side Walls of the cartons, whereby the cartons of each tier are cushioned and confined against loose lateral movement, and charges in packed cartons are exposed for inspection, each cover being movable to a position substantially concealing the charge in the accompanying carton, and securable in said position to confine the charge, when the carton is removed from the 7 container.

y In testimony whereof I have afiixed my GEORGE c. MACDONALD. 

